Lab Software
The following alphabetical list shows most of the software available in the Information School's computer labs. Software available in OS X is denoted with an asterisk. To learn more about each product, follow the links to the manufacturer's website or tutorials. UW tutorials are available in two formats: online and as free Catalyst EPLT walk-in workshops. View the current quarter's Catalyst EPLT workshop schedule.
| Adobe Acrobat |
8 |
PDF creator/editor/viewer |
Adobe, UW |
| Adobe Bridge * |
8 |
Media manager |
|
| Adobe Captivate |
CS3 |
Multimedia presentation creator |
Adobe |
| Adobe Contribute * |
CS3 |
WYSIWYG HTML editor |
Adobe |
| Adobe Dreamweaver |
CS3 |
HTML editor/website designer |
Adobe |
| Adobe Fireworks * |
CS3 |
Image creator/editor |
Adobe |
| Adobe Flash * |
CS3 |
Flash presentation creator |
Adobe, |
| Adobe Illustrator * |
CS3 |
Graphics creator/editor (illustration) |
Adobe, UW |
| Adobe InDesign |
CS3 |
Design (print/web) |
Adobe, UW |
| Adobe Photoshop * |
CS3 |
Image creator/editor (professional) |
Adobe, UW, UW adv. |
| Adobe Premiere Elements |
CS3 |
Digital video production |
Adobe, UW |
| Adobe Reader |
8 |
PDF viewer |
|
| Dr Java |
20070828 |
Java authoring |
Quickstart |
| Eclipse |
3.3 |
Java IDE |
Getting Started |
| Endnote |
X1 |
Citation management and creation |
Endnote, UW |
| Firefox * |
2 |
Web browser |
|
| InstantRails |
1.7 |
Ruby on Rails IDE |
Getting started |
| Internet Explorer |
7 |
Web browser |
|
| iTunes * |
7.4 |
Media player/manager |
|
| Microsoft Access |
2007 |
Relational database |
Tutorials |
| Microsoft Excel * |
2007 (2008 on Mac) |
Spreadsheet |
MS, UW |
| Microsoft Expression Web |
2007 |
HTML editor (FrontPage replacement) |
MS |
| Microsoft Groove |
2007 |
Collaboration space |
|
| Microsoft InfoPath |
2007 |
XML form generator |
Tutorial |
| Microsoft OneNote |
2007 |
Notebook/information organizer |
Tutorial |
| Microsoft Outlook (Entourage on Mac) * |
2007 (2008 on Mac) |
Email, calendaring |
Tutorial |
| Microsoft PowerPoint * |
2007 (2008 on Mac) |
Presentation creator |
MS, UW |
| Microsoft Project |
2007 |
Project manager |
Tutorials |
| Microsoft Publisher |
2007 |
Desktop publisher |
Tutorials |
| Microsoft Sharepoint Designer |
2007 |
HTML editor |
|
| Microsoft Virtual PC |
2007 |
Virtual machine creator/manager (run multiple OSes on same PC) |
|
| Microsoft Visio |
2007 |
Diagram/flowchart creator |
Tutorials |
| Microsoft Word * |
2007 (2008 on Mac) |
Word processing |
MS, UW |
| NetBeans |
5.5 |
Java IDE |
Quickstart |
| OpenOffice Calc |
2.2 |
Spreadsheet |
|
| OpenOffice Draw |
2.2 |
Image/flowchart creator |
|
| OpenOffice Impress |
2.2 |
Presentation creator |
|
| OpenOffice Writer |
2.2 |
Word processing |
|
| PuTTY |
0.6 |
Telnet/SSH client |
|
| Quicksilver (Mac only) |
β53 |
Keyboard launcher |
Tutorials |
| Roxio |
3.4 |
CD/DVD burning |
|
| Skype |
3.2 |
Voice chat |
Skype |
| SPSS |
15 |
Statistical analysis |
|
| TeraTerm Telnet/SFTP |
5.3 |
Telnet/SFTP client |
|
| Thunderbird * |
2 |
Email client |
FAQs |
| Windows Live Messenger * |
8.1 |
Instant messenger |
|
| Windows Media Player |
11 |
Media player/manager |
|
| XML Spy |
2008 |
XML editor |
|
| Yahoo! Messenger |
8.1 |
Instant messenger |
|
| YourSQL (Mac only) |
1.8 |
MySQL database manager |
|